18:00 Kelso

Wednesday 20 September 2017

All16:3017:0017:3018:0018:3019:00

Belhaven Saltire Lager Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 4m 10.8s

1^st

Sudski Star

910-11

13/2

T: Mrs H O GrahamJ: Thomas Dowson (5)

Tracked leader, led before last, soon clear, kept on readily op 17/2

2^nd

Martiloo

710-11

5/2f

T: Miss P RobsonJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leaders in 3rd place, went 3rd from last, kept on and no impression op 11/4 tchd 3/1

3^rd

1 ½

Indian Voyage

910-11

7/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Dale Irving (3)

Led, ridden and headed before last, no extra op 17/2 tchd 13/2

4^th

Nicolas Chauvin

911-9

6/1

T: James MoffattJ: R Johnson

Towards rear, headway 4 out to chase leaders, one pace in 4th before last op 5/1 tchd 9/2

5^th

1 ½

Muwalla

1010-8

15/2

T: Miss L HarrisonJ: Callum Bewley (3)

Held up towards rear, ridden before last, kept on same pace in 5th tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1

6^th

Vengeur De Guye

811-10

9/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Mid-division, headway 3 out to chase leaders, weakened run-in op 11/1

7^th

1 ¼

Oliver's Gold

911-12

5/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton (3)

Held up in touch, ridden and weakened from 3 out tchd 9/2

Also Ran

Fantasy King

1111-0

20/1

T: James MoffattJ: W T Kennedy

Always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out op 18/1 tchd 16/1

Unlimited Replays

of all UK and Irish races with our Race Replays

Discover Sporting Life Plus Benefits Sporting Life Plus - Join For Free

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.70Pl:£2.60, £1.10, £2.80EX:£28.40Trifecta:£177.50Tricast:£115.30SF:£23.02Swingers:£4.00, £2.60, £9.90

Forecasts

Martiloo (5/2), Oliver's Gold (5/1), Nicolas Chauvin (6/1), Sudski Star (13/2), Indian Voyage (7/1), Muwalla (15/2), Vengeur De Guye (9/1), Fantasy King (20/1)

A very difficult puzzle to solve, and without appearing to sit on the fence, it really would be no major surprise if any of the runners proved capable of taking the prize. On one level, Cartmel form appears to hold the key, with obvious players Oliver's Gold, Vengeur De Guye and Nicolas Chauvin all fairly similarly matched old adversaries. However, a chance can be taken on the slow developing mare MARTILOO. She is 10lb higher than when winning at Perth, but that rise looks justified given the relative ease of that success, and this smooth travelling mare might conceivably have more improvement to come.

Martiloo
Indian Voyage
Oliver's Gold

Previous Winners

2016

Theflyingportrait

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 7

J: Sean Quinlan | T: J Candlish

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £7,798.002nd: £2,290.003rd: £1,145.004th: £572.00